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Sock It To 'Em Ada
Today is Ada Lovelace Day 2012, a day dedicated to women in STEM fields, in honor of Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer. Lovelace’s life, particularly her childhood and the clashes between her parents, would be a fitting origin for any modern Prometheus, and so I love looking at the way cartoonists have depicted it.
Above, of course, the Right Honourable the Countess of Lovelace’s first appearance in Kate Beaton‘s Hark! A Vagrant. It would not be her last.
But if you’re looking for something a little less long form (and a little less historically accurate) you might try The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage:
Enjoy the reading material, and make sure to check out Finding Ada.com.
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Rebecca Pahle
I need to hire someone to follow me around and say "Christopher Lee makes thrash metal albums" whenever I'm in a bad mood.
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Rebecca Pahle
The Cumbervillain takes the angriest showers EVER.
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Jill Pantozzi
I just backed @MyGimpyLife Season 2 on @Kickstarter! http://t.co/si0DAibiee
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Susana Polo
Voyager crew just waltzes into a dormant Borg cube because JANEWAY HAS BALLS OF STEEL. #susanawatchesvoyager
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Jill Pantozzi
I was quoted in the NY Daily News today! http://t.co/JjdOqPgaVz
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Susana Polo
"SHARKS. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the uterus." - A thing I just said in chat, sans context.
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Susana Polo
In a perfect world, that would make those men MORE sympathetic to women when they talk about objectification of women in media.
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Susana Polo
But really the take away from this is that two seconds of quickly covered up Chris Hemsworth stomach makes some men feel objectified.
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Susana Polo
Good to know that a broad trend across much of visual media has effected one man, in one shot. We can all go home, sexism is over.
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Susana Polo
Whenever we bring up objectification of women in modern action movies, people always bring up the one shot of Chris Hemsworth shirtless.
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Susana Polo
Brave the burning daystar to see me sing this Wednesday! http://t.co/P5GbSxCiOt
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Susana Polo
Just saw a #FF tweet that listed me next to Joss Whedon, so, yeah, I'll take that.
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Susana Polo
Paraphrased - Rebecca: Ugh, all these people saying “but why not just create a brand new awesome female... http://t.co/EwIUN3M257
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Susana Polo
.@RebeccaPahle and I do not have the means to make a Pacific Rim porn parody, but we're hereby announcing our availability to write it.
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Susana Polo
I linked to dramatic hamster twice in one post. I think my work here is done.
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Susana Polo
Somebody thinks I'm a hypocrite for disliking the Merida redesign and supporting a Wonder Woman show at the same time. ¯\(°_o)/¯
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Susana Polo
"The Vampire Gatsby is the Bunnicula of the Jazz Age." - New York Times Book Review
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Susana Polo
If we can get Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, can I get a Gatsby retelling where he's not just new money… he's a vampire?
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